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MELM
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Nov 02, 2006

Dometic Refer Recall - Possible Fire Hazard -Update 2/13/07

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GrowlerBoy
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Jun 10, 2008
Why not install a 2 ohm, 25 watt 1% tolerance resistor in series with the AC heating element. This would reduce the voltage across the heating element and bring it down from 354 watts to about 321 watts.
These type of resistors are common and run about $4/each. One note of caution, the resistor would have to be mounted on a heat sink away from the burner assembly since it would have to dissipate about 16 watts of heat. If anybody is interested I can show you my calculations, had to go back over my electronis handbook.

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